Syllabus for Civil Procedure
Fall 2007
Notes:
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relevant material is assigned over the course of the semester.
I. Introduction
"Overview
of a Civil Suit"
II. Initiating a Lawsuit
1. Drafting a Complaint
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 1, 2, 8(a), 10(a)-(b), Form 11 (formerly Form 9)
Field & Kaplan (F&K)
33-42 [do questions 2, 3 & 5-8; stop where "Statements of Claim in
the
Alternative" begins]
F&K 1143-1146, 1149-53
[do
questions
14-17]
Sample
Complaint and Answer [.doc]
Study
Questions 1
Study
Questions 2
1a. Bell Atlantic
v. Twombly
Bell Atlantic v.
Twombly, 127 S.Ct. 1955 (2007).
Study
Questions
2. Pleading Fraud
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 9(b)
F&K 1142-1143 (section
entitled "Pleading Fraud")
Study
Questions
3. Rule 11
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 8(d), 11
F&K 42 [section entitled
"Statement of Claim in the Alternative"]
F&K 43-47 [do all
questions
except 13]
F&K 1167-1168 [section
entitled "Certification of Pleadings]
Study
Questions
4. Filing, Service
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 3; 4(a)-(b); 4(c)(1); 4(c)(2); 4(e); 4(h); 4(l)-(m); 77(a);
Form 3
Glannon Ch. 17 [EXCEPT pp.
304-07, that is, sections entitled "Relation of Service of Process to
Personal
Jurisdiction" and "Federal 'Long-Arm Statute' in Rule 4") [do Examples
1-10, 11a, 12a, 13a, & 14a in Ch. 17 of Glannon.]
U.S.
Const. Amend. V & U.S.
Const. Amend. XIV § 1
F&K 651-53
Study
Questions
III. The Pleading Period
1. Defenses: Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction
a. Federal Question
U.S.
Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1331
F&K 205-210
[do questions 1, 3, and
7]
F&K 222-23 [do
question 20]
Recommended:
Glannon 59-71
Study Questions
b. Diversity
U.S.
Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1332
F&K
211-219 [do not do "Diversity of Citizenship" section; do all
questions]
F&K
453-459 [do question
23]
Glannon 85-87
& Questions 1-6
Recommended
only:
Glannon 87-90 & Questions 7-11
Outline of
alienage scenarios
Study Questions
c. Removal
28
U.S.C. § 1441(a)-(b), (e)
F&K 219-222 [do
all
questions]
F&K
459-460 [do questions 26-27]
Glannon Ch. 7
[do all
Examples]
No Study Questions
other than those in the reading.
d.
Diversity: The Amount in Controversy.
F&K
441-443 [do questions 16 & 17 - do not do Nelson v Keefer]
Glannon 91-94 [do
Examples 12 and 13]
Study Questions
2. Defenses: Lack of Personal Jurisdiction
a. Personal Jurisdiction
in State Court
i. The Pennoyer
Framework
F&K 475-484
U.S.
Const. Amend. XIV § 1 and Art IV, § 1; 28 U.S.C. § 1738
Study Questions
ii.
Elaborating the Pennoyer Framework
F&K
502-507 (Start at "Fraud and Force") [do
questions 11, 13, 14, 17, 18]
F&K 511-514 ("Appearance as Defendant"; don't do Hess case) [do not
do questions]
Study Questions
iii. Cracks
in the Pennoyer
Framework
F&K 506-07 (Hess case) [do questions
21 and 22]
F&K 515-518
("Foreign
Corporations")
Study Questions
iv. The International
Shoe
Framework
F&K 518-527
(International
Shoe Co. v. Washington)
Study Questions
v.
General Jurisdiction
F&K 528-532 [do question
31]
Study Questions
vi.
Specific Jurisdiction
F&K 532-535 [do question
32]
Study Questions
vii. Are
Quasi-In-Rem Actions
Still Viable?
F&K 561-574 [do question
41]
Study Questions
viii.
Products Moved by Consumers
F&K 576-588
Study Questions
ix.
Stream-of-Commerce
Asahi
Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court, 480 U.S. 102 (1987)
Study Questions
x. Is
Tagging Still Viable?
F&K 595-597
Study Questions
xi. Review
of Personal
Jurisdiction
Recommended: Glannon Ch.
1 [do all Examples]
No other study questions
b. Personal Jurisdiction
in
Federal Court
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 4(k)
U.S.
Const. Amend. V
Glannon 107-08;
Glannon 304-07
Study Questions
3. Defenses: Lack of Venue
28
U.S.C. § 1391(a)-(d)
Glannon Ch. 8 [do all Examples]
No study questions other
than those in Glannon
4. Distinguishing Personal Jurisdiction, Venue
and
Subject Matter
Jurisdiction
Glannon
Ch. 9 [do all Examples]
Recommended: Glannon 103-107
[and all Examples
for Ch. 6]
No study questions other than
those in Glannon
5. Answers, Pre-Answer Motions, Defenses,
Waiver
of Defenses
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 7; 8(b)-(d); 12(a)(1)-(2), (4); 12(b); 12(e)-(h); 55(a)
F&K 47-49 [section
entitled
"Types of defenses and objections"] [do questions 14 & 16]
F&K 57-58 [section
entitled
"Replying to Defenses"] [do questions 24-25]
Glannon 321-26 [do Examples
1-12]
No study questions except those
in Glannon
6. Amending
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 15(a), 15(c), (d)
F&K 64-65 [do question
34] [don't do the Beeck case]
F&K 68-71 [do questions 39
and 40]
Glannon Ch. 19 [do all Examples]
Ford v. Hill, 874 F. Supp. 149
(E.D. Ky. 1995)
Study
Questions
IV. Complex Litigation
1. Counterclaims
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 13(a)-(c)
F&K 58-64 [do questions
31-33]
Also do question 24 on F&K p.
459
Study
Questions
2. Joinder of Parties and Claims
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 13(g)-(h); 14(a)-(b); 18(a); 20(a)
Glannon Chs. 13 & 14
[do all Examples]
No study questions other than
those in Glannon
Intersection
of the Joinder Rules with Personal Jurisdiction and Venue
3. Necessary Parties
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 19(a)-(b)
F&K 232-235 [section
entitled "Required Joinder of Persons Needed for a Just
Adjudication"]
[do question 10]
F&K 866-869 (Haas v.
Jefferson National Bank)
Study
Questions
4. Class actions
Fed. R.
Civ. P. 23
F&K 901-02 [don't do
questions]
F&K 938-39
Study
Questions
5. Intervention
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 24(a)-(b)
F&K 242 [section
entitled
"Intervention"]
Study
Questions
6.
Pendent and Ancillary Jurisdiction before the Supplemental
Jurisdiction Statute
F&K 418-434 [do
questions 10-12]
Glannon 265-72
U.S.
Const. Art. III, § 2, cl. 1
Distinguishing
Pendent and Ancillary Jurisdiction
Study
Questions
6a. The
Supplemental Jurisdiction Statute
F&K 434-438 [do
question 13]
28
U.S.C. § 1367
Glannon 272-285 [do all
Examples]
Exxon Mobil Corp.
v. Allapattah
Services Inc., 125
S.Ct. 2611 (2005)
Study
Questions
7. Removal and
1441(c)
28 USC 1441(c)
F&K 459-62 [do
questions 28 & 31]
V. Discovery Period
1. Terminating Litigation Early/Summary Judgment
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 12(c)-(d), 56(a)-(e)
F&K 105-115 [do
questions
85-88, 90-92]
Federal
Rules of Evidence 801(a)-(c)
F&K 165-166 [section
entitled "Hearsay"] [do questions 17 & 18]
F&K 1290-1302
Study
Questions
2. Disclosure/Discovery
F&K 71-75 [stop at
section
entitled "Depositions upon oral examination"; do questions]
Glannon 387-411 [do Examples
1-17]
No Study Questions other
than those in Glannon.
3. Limits on Discovery/Sanctions
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 26(b); 26(g)
F&K 88-89[section
entitled "Sanctions for failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in
discovery"] [don't do
questions]
F&K 1205-1219 [including
Rackers
case] [do questions 1-2, 5-9]
F&K 1222-1231 [do
questions
11-13, 15-22, 25, 27]
Recommended: Glannon Ch. 20
Study
Questions
VI. Trials, Judgments, Enforcement of Judgments
1. Verdicts, Directed Verdicts and Judgments
N.O.V.
F&K 178-184 [do question
38-41]
No study questions.
2. Judgments, Enforcement of Judgments
F&K 195-198 [do question
8 only]
No study questions.
VII. Preclusion
1. Claim Preclusion
F&K 680-690 [do all
questions]
Study Questions
Recommended: Glannon Chs.
25-26
1a. Claim Splitting
F&K 690-696 [do all
questions]
Study
Questions
2. Adjudication on the Merits
Fed.
R. Civ. P. 41(b)
F&K 704-705 (Rinehart
v. Locke) [do question 18]
F&K 706-707 [sections
entitled
"On the Merits" and "Restatement (Second) of Judgments"; do question
19]
Semtek
on 41(b)
Study
Questions
3. Issue Preclusion
F&K 717-728 [do
questions
2-4, 6-12, 16]
Recommended: Glannon Ch.
27
Study
Questions
4. Exceptions to Issue Preclusion
F&K pp. 730-737
[do questions 20-22]
F&K pp. 739-740 (2d
Rest.)
Study
Questions
5. Privity
F&K 743-44 (don't do
section on 2d Restatement), 745-748 [do
questions
1-3]
Study
Questions
5a. The Mutuality Requirement
F&K 748-750
Study
Questions
6. Nonmutual Issue Preclusion - Bernhard
F&K 750-755 [do
questions
5-6, 8]
Study
Questions
7. Nonmutual Issue Preclusion in the Federal
Courts: Blonder-Tongue and Parklane Hosiery
F&K 756-763
Recommended: Glannon Ch.
28
Study
Questions
VIII. The Erie Doctrine
1. Erie Railroad v. Tompkins
U.S.
Const. Art. I, § 8, cls. 3 & 18; 28 U.S.C. § 1652
F&K 332-342 [do
questions
1-4]
Glannon 165-74 [do Examples
1-5]
Study Questions
2. Federal Courts' Determination of State Law
F&K 342-345, 350-355 [do
questions
6-8]
Glannon 174-78 [do Examples
6-10]
, Glannon Ch. 12 [do Examples]
No study questions other than
those in Glannon
3. Federal Common-Law Procedural Rules: Erie
to Byrd
F&K 345-350, 355-358
[do question 9]
Study Questions
4. Erie and The Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure:
Hanna v. Plumer
U.S.
Const. Art. I, § 8, cls. 9 & 18; U.S. Const. Art. III, §
1; 28 U.S.C. § 2072
F&K 358-368 [do
questions
10-11]
Glannon Ch. 11 [do not
do Examples]
Study Questions
5. Erie Analysis After Hanna
F&K 368-375 [do question
12]
Semtek
International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 531 U.S. 497, 121 S.Ct.
1021
(2001)
Study Questions